======================================================================== WEB SERVICES REPORT http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Wednesday, December 8, 2004
TOP STORIES ======================================================================== * Commerce One patents auctioned for $15.5 million * IBM gives a kick to CICS * Former Sun, BEA execs forge grid venture * W3C focuses on future at 10th anniversary meeting ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Webinar: Evolution of the ESB - BPEL-based Orchestration Live webinar Dec. 15 at 11 am EST featuring Forrester Research, Pearson Education and Cape Clear Software. Learn about: *The evolution of Web services and the advent of the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) *Why ESB is the technology of choice for Pearson Education to help solve business integration and process issues *The benefits of BPEL-based service orchestration as a component of an ESB Register at http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A54DFB:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- COMMERCE ONE PATENTS AUCTIONED FOR $15.5 MILLION ======================================================================== Posted December 07, 2004 1:22 PM Pacific Time About 40 patents owned by bankrupt software vendor Commerce One were auctioned for $15.5 million in a San Francisco bankruptcy court Monday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A54DF3:2B910B2 IBM GIVES A KICK TO CICS ======================================================================== Posted December 06, 2004 6:00 AM Pacific Time To modernize its venerable line of mainframe-based CICS middleware, IBM last week introduced an updated version of its CICS Transaction Server that enables IT to extend the product to work better with SOAs (service-oriented architectures) through Web services. With the release of CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 3.1, administrators can now integrate their traditional workloads to fully participate in an SOA. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A54DF7:2B910B2 FORMER SUN, BEA EXECS FORGE GRID VENTURE ======================================================================== Posted December 06, 2004 5:01 AM Pacific Time Former executives from companies such as Sun Microsystems, BEA Systems, and Oracle this week are formally launching a venture called Cassatt, which is endeavoring to automate IT operations, leverage commodity hardware and software, and govern network compute cycles in a grid-like manner. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A54DF6:2B910B2 W3C FOCUSES ON FUTURE AT 10TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING ======================================================================== Posted December 02, 2004 3:38 PM Pacific Time BOSTON - Internet luminaries gathered in Boston Wednesday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), honor its founder, Director and Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, and look forward to another decade of innovation. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A54DF8:2B910B2 ======================================================================== So many choices, so little time More than ever, Web services development is about choices and trade-offs. But you can't dawdle too long choosing your tools -- because your decisions drive so many others, and the enterprise is waiting. Cut through the clutter to clarity with the Strategic Developer newsletter, by InfoWorld Test Center lead analyst Jon Udell. In your email every Thursday. Subscribe at http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A54DF4:2B910B2 ADVERTISE ======================================================================== For information on advertising, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNSUBSCRIBE/MANAGE NEWSLETTERS ======================================================================== To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your e-mail address for any of InfoWorld's e-mail newsletters, go to: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A54DF5:2B910B2 To subscribe to InfoWorld.com, or InfoWorld Print, or both, or to renew or correct a problem with any InfoWorld subscription, go to http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A54DFA:2B910B2 To view InfoWorld's privacy policy, visit: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A54DF9:2B910B2 Copyright (C) 2004 InfoWorld Media Group, 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107 This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
